Mrs. Lawrence Marston

Mrs. Lawrence Marston, wife of the Thanhouser director, was also known as A.C. Marston and by the nickname Puss to her friends. She was with her husband at Thanhouser by 1912 and appeared in Thanhouser films through 1913.

The Moving Picture World, February 15, 1913, told of her screen activities: “After retirement of 12 years from public amusement, Mrs. Lawrence Marston, wife of the veteran legitimate director now staging photoplays for Thanhouser, has come back, via the film route. She never thought she would ever act again! She had made a resolution on that score at the time of her retirement, because she felt she could not do all a wife and mother should if she pursued the profession of playing, with its enforced separation from loved ones. And, telling of how she came back, Mrs. Marston says: ‘The blessing of picture work to the married professional woman is that it is stationary work. You are chasing from city to city in stage work, which kills home life. You can work in pictures and have your home life. I was not aware of the boon pictures are to so many acting people until Mr. Marston took up picture directing. Then I came to the picture studio and saw. Behold! And here I am back in the harness again.’ Her first film work is as the Amazon who exclaims ‘Good morning, judge,’ in the picture of that title released Sunday, February 9, 1913.”